The humanitarian role is what gets a lot of public attention as agreements are secured to arrange for aid to get through to civilians and to protect them, including trying to ensure that international humanitarian law (often called the laws governing war and broadly covered by the Geneva Conventions) are upheld. The Gaza Strip prior…
Marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Mr. Guterres pointed out that nearly 700 million people are living on less than $2.15 per day and over a billion don’t have access to basic needs like food, water, health care and education. Billions more lack sanitation and access to energy, jobs, housing and social safety…
The experts were alarmed that hundreds of escapees – the vast majority of whom are women – have been sent back, despite repeated appeals by multiple international human rights bodies. Hundreds more reportedly are in detention awaiting the same fate. There are long-standing and credible reports that people returned to the DPRK, more commonly known…
The past 10 days of conflict have claimed the lives of 4,200 people, forced more than one million individuals to flee their homes following an order from the Israeli authorities and left large areas in the Gaza Strip “reduced to rubble”, according to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). “We have…
(Photo: File/News Agency) Peshawar: Registration of non-custom paid vehicles has started in Malakand Division Excise Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has started camp offices for unregistered vehicles in Swat, Dir, Chitral. According to Express News, the software for the data of vehicles running without documents has been provided to the zonal offices, the decision to keep the…
Peshawar: The Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court was angry over the repeated arrest of PTI leaders despite the court orders, on which the IG and the Chief Secretary assured not to arrest the leaders again. A hearing was held in the Peshawar High Court on the petition against the illegal detention of PTI’s former…
Pakistan’s star footballer Kaleemullah. Photo: File Pakistan’s star footballer Kaleemullah has hailed Pakistan’s success against Cambodia in the World Cup qualifying round. He said that it is a pleasure for the national team to draw the first match in Cambodia and now to win in their own country. Kaleemullah further said that Pakistan will face…
–File photo In the FIFA World Cup qualifying match, Pakistan defeated Cambodia by 1-0 Qualified for the second round of qualifiers for the first time. Pakistan scored their first goal against Cambodia in the 69th minute of the second half. Both teams were scoreless in the first half. The only goal of the match was…
Screen grab Meet hairdresser Daniel, who not only played cricket with Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, but also bowled to chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and former captain Younis Khan and now styles the players. The Pakistan cricket team is currently in the Indian city of Bangalore in connection with the ICC World Cup 2023. There is…
—–File photo Performance reports of major industries in the first 2 months of the current financial year have been released. According to the released report, July-August large-scale manufacturing increased by 0.50 percent. The report states that production increased by 2.52 percent last month compared to August 2022, 8.44 percent growth was recorded in August compared…
